Item 10.2
Fountain Alley Mixed Use Project (File No. H20-037)
December 13, 2022
Presenter: Christopher Burton, PBCE Director
• Construct a 21-story mixed use building consisting of 194 residential units, approximately 30,800 square feet of
commercial/retail spaces, and 368,000 square feet of office space;
• Allow extended construction hours from 7 am to 10 pm, Monday to Friday, and 7 am to 7 pm on Saturdays over the entire construction period (approximately 34 months);
• Remove two ordinance-size trees and 10 non-ordinance-size trees.
PROPOSED
Project Components
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Site Location
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San José Downtown Commercial National Register Historic District1.25-acre surface parking lot Bank of Italy
Future BART Station
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General Plan Land Use
Designation-Downtown with
Employment Priority Area Overlay
Zoning District: Downtown
Primary Commercial
General Plan and Zoning
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Consistent with:
• Downtown General Plan Land Use
Designation, General Plan Major
Strategies, major land use policies, and
Employment Priority Area Overlay
• Applicable City Council Policies
• Zoning Code development standards
Not fully comply with:
• Downtown San Jose Historic District
Design Guidelines
Substantially comply with:
• 2019 Downtown Design Guidelines
and Standards
Key design concepts
• Encourage pedestrian connection and
activities
• Curvilinear form and “Urban Room” (plaza)
• Inverse program to provide a more
appropriate scale to pedestrian/podium
levels to reduce massing impact.
Project Review
5 Environmental Review
• Public Circulation: June 17, 2022 to August 2, 2022.
• Four comment letters were received during this time
• Significant and Unavoidable Impacts
• Cultural Resources: Lack of compliance with the 2003 Historic Design Guidelines and 2019 Guidelines and Standards
• Less Than Significant with Mitigation
• Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, and Noise and Vibration
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6 Staff's Recommendation
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Recommend the City Council to:
• Adopt a Resolution certifying the SEIR.
• Adopt a Resolution approving this site development permit. • Adopt a Statement of Overriding Considerations for CEQA Impacts to Cultural Resources.
7 Q&A / Discussion
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Fountain Alley Mixed Use Project (File No. H20-037)
December 13, 2022
Presenter: Christopher Burton, PBCE Director
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